Today is Wednesday, May 28, the 149th day of 2008. There are 217 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 28, 1918, the Battle of Cantigny began during World War I as American troops captured the French town from the Germans; the Americans were able to resist German counterattacks in the days that followed.

On this date:

• In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.

• In 1863, the first black regiment from the North left Boston to fight in the Civil War.

• In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.

• In 1908, British author Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond as well as “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” was born in London.

Today’s Birthdays: Rockabilly singer-musician Sonny Burgess is 77. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 77

Thought for Today: “Like other spurious things, fastidiousness is often inconsistent with itself, the coarsest things are done, and the cruelest things said by the most fastidious people.” —Caroline Matilda Stansbury Kirkland, American author (1801-1864).

—The Associated Press

Today is Wednesday, May 28, the 149th day of 2008. There are 217 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 28, 1918, the Battle of Cantigny began during World War I as American troops captured the French town from the Germans; the Americans were able to resist German counterattacks in the days that followed.

On this date:

• In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.

• In 1863, the first black regiment from the North left Boston to fight in the Civil War.

• In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.

• In 1908, British author Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond as well as “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” was born in London.

Today’s Birthdays: Rockabilly singer-musician Sonny Burgess is 77. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 77

Thought for Today: “Like other spurious things, fastidiousness is often inconsistent with itself, the coarsest things are done, and the cruelest things said by the most fastidious people.” —Caroline Matilda Stansbury Kirkland, American author (1801-1864).